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Sen. Schumer Stranded at Heathrow Airport
1010 WINS ^ | August 10, 2006 | 1010 WINS

Posted on 08/10/2006 3:17:37 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough

WASHINGTON -- Among the thousands of frustrated flyers stuck at London's Heathrow Airport Thursday was U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, a jet-lagged casualty of worldwide delays and cancellations that grounded his family vacation.

"It's a nightmare, everyone's stuck, and our flight is apparently delayed until Sunday,'' the senator told The Associated Press by phone.

The New York Democrat and his family arrived at Heathrow Airport at 9 a.m. London time Thursday, but the plane was forced to sit on the runway for two hours before disembarking passengers.

When they finally got off the plane, they were greeted with the chaos caused by the arrests in a major international terror plot.

The Schumer family spent eight hours racing back and forth between Heathrow terminals just trying to catch up with their luggage.

"We now know the shuttle between the terminals better than we know the D train in Brooklyn,'' the senator said.

The first connecting flight to their planned destination -- Amsterdam -- isn't until Sunday, so Schumer said the family would probably head into central London for at least one night.

Schumer said that as chaotic as the airport is, he thought British officials were handling it well.

"The British are very good at these kind of crises, you know, a stiff upper lip, very helpful, but they don't seem to have much information,'' he said.

Schumer, his wife and two daughters had planned a two-week trip through Europe.

Oddly, he is not the first prominent New York politician to witness a major British terror incident.

When the London Underground subway system was attacked in July 2005 by terrorists who detonated backpack bombs on several trains, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was at a hotel just a few blocks from one of the explosions.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 109th; 3peat; leavehimthere; lhr; londonairlineplot; schumer
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1 posted on 08/10/2006 3:17:37 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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To: LurkedLongEnough

Too bad he won't just stay there foreever.


2 posted on 08/10/2006 3:18:15 PM PDT by EagleUSA (T)
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To: LurkedLongEnough

I wish it was Michael Moore, the guy who said "there is no terrorist threat"


3 posted on 08/10/2006 3:18:33 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: LurkedLongEnough
HAHAHAHAHA!!!

"It's Bush's fault!"
4 posted on 08/10/2006 3:18:49 PM PDT by Darteaus94025
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To: LurkedLongEnough

Our hero! Roughing it at Heathrow! LOL


5 posted on 08/10/2006 3:19:16 PM PDT by jla
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To: jla

To all

Do we have to take him back?


6 posted on 08/10/2006 3:20:04 PM PDT by Reily
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To: LurkedLongEnough
**"It's a nightmare, everyone's stuck, and our flight is apparently delayed until Sunday,'' the senator told The Associated Press by phone. **

For pity sake it *could* be worse! Self serving whiner.

7 posted on 08/10/2006 3:20:15 PM PDT by mrs tiggywinkle
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To: LurkedLongEnough

Quick, get the roll call votes done right now in the Senate!


8 posted on 08/10/2006 3:20:30 PM PDT by alloysteel (My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling, but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.)
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To: LurkedLongEnough

I'm really concerned for how this has affected Hillary. Did it cause her an inconvenience? Did it worry her? How did she handle the news? After all, it is always about Hillary.


9 posted on 08/10/2006 3:20:38 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: LurkedLongEnough
God has an exquisite sense of humor.
10 posted on 08/10/2006 3:21:03 PM PDT by billhilly
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To: LurkedLongEnough

Something has been playing on my mind all day. I was at heightened alert this week as my son flew back to the states from Heathrow on Sunday. The next day an American Airlines flight had to turn back to London because there were 4 people on the flight that were on a no-fly list. Does anyone think this might have been a 'dry run' like before 9/11? That possibility had been worrying me since Monday.


11 posted on 08/10/2006 3:21:39 PM PDT by originalbuckeye
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The British are very good at these kind of crises, you know, a stiff upper lip, very helpful, but they don't seem to have much information,'' he said

Uh, no Chuck, they just know better than to tell you anything they don't want the terrorist to know.

12 posted on 08/10/2006 3:21:50 PM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: LurkedLongEnough

Chuckie is stranded with thousands and he gets a microphone.

Is there anywhere we can send chuckie where there is no media?? Would he go??


13 posted on 08/10/2006 3:21:53 PM PDT by JoeSixPack1 ( Press "2" to disconnect until you have learned to speak English)
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To: LurkedLongEnough
I hope the ba$turd is searched and delayed along with the "dirty, low-life commoners."

It's only a shame the beast and wuss-boy Ned aren't in the same predicament.

14 posted on 08/10/2006 3:22:21 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze
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To: jennyjenny

Perfect response!


15 posted on 08/10/2006 3:24:16 PM PDT by Ladysmith ((NRA, SAS) Gun owners have illustrated rights are individual and can be protected by individuals.)
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To: jennyjenny
Can you imagine how much/hard he was bitching to get special treatment?

HAHAHAHAHA!!!
16 posted on 08/10/2006 3:25:16 PM PDT by Darteaus94025
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To: JoeSixPack1

"Is there anywhere we can send chuckie where there is no media?? Would he go??"

Yes. A republican meeting on the terrorist threat.

No


17 posted on 08/10/2006 3:25:20 PM PDT by billhilly
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To: Ladysmith

Hopefully he don't get back for years...


18 posted on 08/10/2006 3:25:42 PM PDT by mmyers
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To: LurkedLongEnough

Maybe "W" will put him on the no-fly list, and he'll never get back to the U.S.


19 posted on 08/10/2006 3:26:44 PM PDT by ricer1
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To: LurkedLongEnough
Gosh just imagine if he'd been on a flight that was blown up...we'd never hear the end of it from the DUmmie tin-foilers. Heck, they're probably already trying to come up with some conspiracy angles now.
20 posted on 08/10/2006 3:26:49 PM PDT by Gator101
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